Discus and Water Changes

[akhouri]

Hi,

I am new to owning Discus and was wondering how often do you need to do water changes. I live in Sydney Australia and was told by the aquarium where I purchased them to do water changes monthly. I have very good filtration system.

When doing water changes, do you need to prepare the water in advance by air rating it, or do you simply prepare the water in a bucket and add all the necessary stuff and pour it in the tank when doing the change. I have a second tank that I can use to prepare the water with a filter and heater.

How many discus would you keep in a 125 litre (32 gallon) tank?

Thank you for your help.

Cheers!

[Oygle2]

Welcome to the forum.

Mate, start reading the posts and you'll discover the answer to your question, is as varied as the number of posts you read.

I have five tanks in series with a total of 1200 litres. I do at least 250 litres each Saturday morning, vacuum first.

Do all your water adjustments in a container before hand and gently add the new water, siphon into a clean glass jar sitting on the bottom to stop turbulence and disrupting your substrate.

I think you'll find threads on this subject.

Regards

Mick

Look for posts by SQUID.